Re: Regtest changes phase 1 (issue 6454121)

[David Kastrup]

"Phil Holmes" <address@hidden> writes:

>> b) Although the marks don't affect the test they do
>> tend to mask the real tests and make it harder to see
>> what is really being tested.
>>
>> I'd leave the code alone and expand the description if
>> further clarity is needed.
>>
>> Trevor
>
>
> Absolutely appreciate this comment.  However, the theory of the
> regtests is that by looking at the description and the image, you can
> tell whether the regtest has been passed.  No-one who looked at this
> regtest could do that. With the changes proposed, you can.   The
> question is - do you need to inspect the code, or the image and
> description, to tell whether the regtest has been passed?

Perhaps instead of code comments and/or descriptions we should employ
footnotes to point out the details of the test coverage?  That would
seem like the most directly accessible variant.

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David Kastrup